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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Judge denies bond to Kwame Kilpatrick

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request by ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to be released on bond while he awaits sentencing...
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In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit. Testimony in Kilpatrick's corruption trial ended Thursday, Feb. 6, 2013 after nearly 70 days of testimony. Kilpatrick offered no new witnesses Wednesday and closing arguments have been set for Monday in Detroit federal court. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor convicted, jailed until sentence

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - A court spokesman says jurors have reached a verdict in the corruption trial of ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick...
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Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy (Courtesy: Rock Center)

Prosecutor uncovers untested rape kits

Mario Garcia, Kristen Powers and Jessica Hopper, Rock Center
VIDEO - Wayne County, Mich., Prosecutor Kym Worthy has seen her share of grisly crime, but even she was shocked by a discovery in 2009 at a former police storage warehouse...
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In this Jan. 29,2013 file photo former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick waits in line to enter federal court in Detroit. Testimony in Kilpatrick's corruption trial ended Thursday, Feb. 6, 2013 after nearly 70 days of testimony. Kilpatrick offered no new witnesses Wednesday and closing arguments have been set for Monday in Detroit federal court. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor won't testify in own defense

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick declined to testify Wednesday as the presentation of evidence in his corruption trial closed after nearly 70 days...
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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Ex-Detroit mayor leaves prison after weekend stay

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been released from a city lockup where he spent the weekend for violating parole in the 2008 criminal conviction that booted him from office...
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In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick makes his way to U.S. Federal Court in Detroit. Businessman Karl Kado, who held contracts at Detroit's convention center, said Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 that he was a “hostage” who felt compelled to pay thousands of dollars to then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father or lose work. Kado told jurors that he personally delivered $5,000 to $10,000 to Kilpatrick “three or four times.” He said he also delivered money through a top mayoral aide and separately paid $200,000 to $300,000 to Kilpatrick's father, Bernard. Kado is a crucial witness at the corruption trial, which began in September. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Ex-Detroit mayor to spend weekend in prison

Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will spend the weekend in prison as a penalty for 14 parole violations, a state corrections spokesman said Friday....
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In this Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick makes his way to U.S. Federal Court in Detroit. Businessman Karl Kado, who held contracts at Detroit's convention center, said Monday, Dec. 3, 2012 that he was a “hostage” who felt compelled to pay thousands of dollars to then-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his father or lose work. Kado told jurors that he personally delivered $5,000 to $10,000 to Kilpatrick “three or four times.” He said he also delivered money through a top mayoral aide and separately paid $200,000 to $300,000 to Kilpatrick's father, Bernard. Kado is a crucial witness at the corruption trial, which began in September. (AP Photo/The Detroit News, David Coates)

Businessman says ex-Detroit mayor got free flights

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - A businessman testified Wednesday that then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was a frequent flier aboard his private planes, taking 20 round-trip flights worth nearly $400,000 but never paying a dime in return...
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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kilpatrick trial resumes; ex-lawmaker is witness

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - The corruption trial of former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has resumed with a former state senator in the witness chair....
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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Kilpatrick pal says he passed $90K to ex-mayor

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - A college buddy who was granted immunity by federal prosecutors testified Tuesday that he delivered $90,000 in cash to Kwame Kilpatrick in 2008 while the former Detroit mayor's family was settling in Texas after his resignation...
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Kwame Kilpatrick (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Feds show cash trail at Detroit ex-mayor's trial

Ed White, Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) - Prosecutors are going right to the money in the first day of evidence at former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's corruption trial...
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